TIP, leading provider of trailer and truck hire, has taken a proactive approach to upcoming changes to guidelines regarding heavy goods vehicle and semi-trailer braking system assessment by equipping 20,000 trailers with its Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS), BrakePlus. The company is ensuring all of its trailers on long-term… Read more »
Thirst quencher on tour – with lightweight body for maximum payload
Six new Berger ecoCHAMP LTO lightweight curtainsiders in operation for PepsiCo Germany March 2025 – Schmitz Cargobull has handed over six ecoCHAMP LTO lightweight curtainsiders from BERGERecotrail® to PepsiCo Germany. The wheelbase of the new vehicles has been shortened to maximise the payload without overloading the tractor’s drive axle. This… Read more »
GT Trailers and Schmitz Cargobull AG sign strategic partnership
GT Trailers, a major producer of high-volume sets and trailers from the Opole region, in Poland, has signed an agreement with Schmitz Cargobull AG that will see Europe’s leading manufacturer of semi-trailers, trailers and bodies, from Münsterland, Germany, acquire a 48 per cent share in the business. The two companies… Read more »
Nationwide Produce Grows Fleet With New Schmitz Cargobull Reefers
Fresh food supplier Nationwide Produce has returned to Schmitz Cargobull for seven SK.O COOL refrigerated semi-trailers to feed its growing business. The box-body trailers, each sitting on a fully galvanised MODULOS chassis with a 10-year warranty against rust-through, feature FERROPLAST® panels. These are stronger yet thinner than glass-reinforced plastic… Read more »
Marks & Spencer Partners with Gray & Adams to Launch Cutting-Edge Hybrid Wagon and Drag Fleet
Marks & Spencer has taken delivery of its first refrigerated electric wagon and drag vehicles, marking a significant milestone for the company and the UK logistics industry. These vehicles, developed in collaboration with long-term partner Gray & Adams, represent a leap forward in sustainability and efficiency for food retail transportation…. Read more »
Schmitz Cargobull builds EBPMS Technology into Manchester-made Trailers to meet customer compliance requirements
Manchester-built Schmitz Cargobull trailers now have Electronic Brake Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS) functionality, allowing hauliers to enhance road safety, reduce vehicle downtime, meet legislative compliance and save money. Whether customers opt for a new S.CS FREEPOST, S.CS FIXED ROOF or S.BO PACE semi-trailer, EBPMS is available out of the… Read more »
Parcel and mail handling specialists The Delivery Group has introduced 20 additional Tiger trailers to its fleet.
Five years since they commissioned Tiger Trailers to build 17 double deck trailers, The Delivery Group team approached Tiger in April of 2024 to produce their second-generation trailers, custom designed to match their evolving delivery operation. The order comprised 10 curtainsiders with tuckaway tail-lifts, and 10 moving double deck box… Read more »
GSM Transport Targets Improved Fuel Economy With New Carrier Transicold Vector HE 17 Units
Scottish haulier GSM Transport has extended its long-standing relationship with Carrier Transicold, taking delivery of four temperature-controlled trailers mounted with Vector® HE 17 units, the latest addition to Carrier Transicold’s High Efficiency (HE) product range. Joining an almost exclusively Carrier Transicold-cooled trailer fleet, GSM Transport selected the Vector HE 17… Read more »
Johnson Haulage bolsters fleet with low-loading Krone quartet
Johnson Haulage has added four new Krone Profi Liner HD flatbed trailers to its fleet. Established in 1977 and based in East Yorkshire, the family-run transport firm specialises in general haulage and heavy-duty plant and machinery transport in the UK and Europe. Its fleet comprises 24 trucks and 54 trailers… Read more »
Asset Alliance Group lands order of 29 trailers for Worldwide Flight Services
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has taken delivery of 29 new SDC rollerbed trailers from Asset Alliance Group to bolster its freight handling operations. Supplied on a five-year contract hire agreement, the new arrivals join the firm as part of a fleet renewal programme and will be based… Read more »
